Iowa Narratives Project: Resources

For students working on the Iowa Narratives Project: http://ideal.uiowa.edu/projects/iowa-narratives-project-inp

Iowa City Images

"Then and Now" Iowa City
Are you exploring someplace in Iowa City or on the University of Iowa campus? Browse through side-by-side pictures showcasing the past and present of city and campus locations.
Iowa City Town and Campus
Searchable and browsable images from the Iowa Digital Library. This collection is particularly valuable for students exploring places on or surrounding campus. Use the search box in the upper right to find images of your place. Search using basic place names (e.g., 'pentacrest').
State Historical Library & Archives Photographs
Flickr Collections: Alfred Husmann, Paul C. Juhl, A.M. "Pete" Wettach, Iowa City Press Citizen, National Youth Adminstration in Iowa, Joseph P. Sharman Des Moines, Digital Johnson County, Fred W. Kent. Particularly valuable for students exploring places in greater Johnson County and across Iowa.
Iowa City Past
A tumblr feed of Iowa City photos. Click on 'Tags' at the top of the page to browse posts by topics.

HistoryCorps Project in Iowa Research Onlinte
Oral Histories -- Iowa Women's Archives
Includes individual oral history interviews, oral histories contained within the manuscript collections of Iowa women and their organizations, as well as oral history projects. The interviews were recorded in different formats including audiotapes, videotapes, and digital recordings.
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The oral histories encompass a wide variety of topics from rural Iowa women to Iowa police women, artists, feminists, and civil rights activists. Together, they constitute a rich resource, providing insight into aspects of Iowa history that are often unavailable through written documentation. For example, many of the interviews shed light on the history of previously under-represented or marginalized populations in Iowa including the history of Latinas and African American women.

Additional biographical information, photographs, and associated materials accompany many of the interviews.
Oral Histories -- Iowa Women's Archives -- Iowa Digital Library
Select "Oral histories" form the Format drop-down menu.

UI Library Map Collection
Links to street maps, insurance maps, aerial photos, and more.
Hixson Plat Map Atlases of Iowa
95 plat books, published by W.W. Hixson & Co. in 1930, showing land ownership maps for townships in Iowa counties. The maps include some topographic information.
Iowa Counties Historic Atlases
Historic maps of Iowa's counties available digitally.
Iowa Maps Digital Collection
From the Iowa Digital Library

List of Iowa libraries and contact info
Public libraries are often great contacts for local information--media outlets, schools, history, and more.

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Contact:

cathy-cranston@uiowa.edu
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319-384-2090

This guide was originally created by Katie DeVries Hassman.